Dmitry Putyata

Dmitry Vasilyevich Putyata (Russian: Дмитрий Васильевич Путята) was a Captain of the Imperial Russian Army and a Russian explorer of the Pamir Mountains. In 1883 he explored Karakul Lake, Tashkurgan Town, the Bendersky Pass to the Wakhan Valley and westward along the Ghunt River. He covered more territory than any previous or subsequent expedition. [1] In the 1890s Putyata served on Russian General Staff as a specialist on China. [2]

This article is about the Russian military officer D. V. Putyata. For tysyatsky of Novgorod, see Putyata.
Dmitry Putyata 1904

References
  1. Thomas Middleton and Hew Thomas, "Tajikistan and the High Pamirs", 2008
  2. "History of Japanese-Russian relations at Waseda University website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2010-06-19.


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